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Otflclal Organ Irwin County. VOL. V. 4 masxmt'aBtJttxa / ; - TO THE FARMERSi- mssBmsmm ANl) GENERAL PUBLIC Os' rJCILLA AND VICINITY: On January 1st we will sell out our business to the Empire Mercantile Co., moving across on op¬ posite corner of Grant and Centra! avenue, and as soon as possible add Groceries and Farmers’ Supplies to our'already complete stock of dry goods, clothing and shoes. Mr. T. S. Price will !>e the Manager ol the new (inn, and will he in a position to sell all the farmers in surrounding country. Supplies Long Time The largely increased capital will place us in a ] ration to buy goods at Sp. ^ Civu, saving enormous discounts of which we will share with on : our customers. , It will be a complete DSPcHTUHlfi StOP6 \W &V8FU R6SP8Gb, arui tlie Largest in this section of Georgia. We will greatly increase stoek in all lines, and sell reliable goods cheaper than ever before, buying everything.;,;- Oar Load. Lots. W^wish to thank our many friends in Oeilla arid vicinity for their so highly appreciated trade during, the past.five years, and we respectfully solicit t continuance ofsamo. We trust our business relations in* the future will be the same as they have in the past A SATISFIED CUSTOMER OR YOUR MOHEY BACK I - 1- Z.....— When we move across on Grant Street we will make an earnest endeavor to carry with us every Customer we had in the past. Thanking everyone for past favors, we remain your friends, 1-4-tif t T. S. PRICE & CO. HOME NEW S IjOCAI, SCHEDULE G. & A. K. li. DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. Arri ve at Ocilla. ..11:00 a. m. and 7:35 p. m. Leave Ocilla.... . .11:30 a. m. and 0:40 a. m. SUNDAY ONLY. Leave Ocilln.... .. (>: 40 a. m. Ari'i vo at Ocilla. . .7:35 p. m. Close connections for north, east, south or x west. Church Directory. 'Baftist.— Preaching every 1st and 3rd Sun¬ days, morning and evening. Conference on Saturday before 3rd Sunday at 10 o’clock a. m. Rev. M. L. Lawson, pastor. Sunday School at 10 o’clock a. m. W. J). Burke i^periii ten dent, Methodist. -Preaching every second and fourth Sundays at 11 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. ’Prayer meeting every Tuesday evening •6:30 p, m. Your presence at these services •wUl mean much. Please come. J. i’. Dickinson. 1’. C. *Big court next week. Option-—Long, 18; short, 9. court week after next. Do your trading in Ocilla and be happy. Mr. It. L. Henderson returned to - Oxford, Fla., Tuesday. Mr. J. A. J. Henderson went Mown to Florida Wednesday. •JBed blankets at cost. R. B- Allen & Co. Miss Bertha Paulk has returned Ho college at MiHedgevillo. Mr. H. B. Sutton, of Abbeville, ■ spent Monday night in Ocilla. See call for railroad meeting on ’Saturday, 19th inst., and be sure to attend. Mrs. W, A. Taylor is visiting her parents in the western part of the county. There have been quite a lot of ■ strangers in Ocilla this week, pros¬ pecting. Mr. D. J. Henderson’s residence, on Alder street, is nearing eom pletion. Jeans pants cloth at your own rprtce. R. B. Allen & Co. Mr. D. J. Henderson, Jr., is now with Powell, Bullard & Co. D.J.- ts ■good anvwhere. Mr. Lewis Vicke'rs, of Coffee county, paid Ocilla a brief visit Tuesday. •■Ocilla’s merchants hava finished taking slock and now they want to ■ get rid of it. The Ocilla Novelty Works is the place to get your house trimmings. The work done is first-class. Don’t forget that ?. J. Clark & Co., at Tifton, are prepared to do ■ all kinds of foundry and machine work. Mr. J. A.. J . Henderson recently purchased the Cummings mill property, which includes an excel¬ lent. farm. Mr. G. B. Moody, brother of Miss Bertha Moody, of Ocilla, re¬ turned to bis home in Patterson, Ga., Tuesday. Capt. W. Lennon killed a fine buck in the river bend during the holidays. The deer sported a large .spread of antlers. THE OCILLA WSPATCH OCILLA, IRWIN COUNTY,GA., TEJDAY, JANUARY 11,1901. (food heavy yard wide Sea Is¬ land jets.; best quality checks jots., at R. B. Allen & Co.’s. Mr. D. W. M. Whitley, repre¬ senting Paulk Hardware Company, of Fitzgerald was in Ocilla part of Wednesday. Miss Annie Merry of Dawson, who has been visiting her niece, Mrs. D. H. Paulk, about two Weeks returned home Wednesday. * Read the sacrifice sale advertise- : ment of F. B. Shuman, then and secure some of the rare IIS he IS offering. Mr. Huggins, the clever mail agent between here and Abbeville is off on a week’s vacation, and Mr. E. I). Loyd is in bis stead. Mr. and : Mrs. Dan T. Paulk, at Fitzgerald, welcomed- a charming little Miss to their family circle last Sunday night. Mr. Suellgrove has bought the cottage from Dr. Luke lately occu¬ pied by Mr. Bill Taylor, and will move to town next week, Mr. C. C. Dozier, of Clay county, has leased the Hotel Otilla, and is now in charge of same, The Dis patch wishes for him success. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Ocilla Wednesday, the old officers were complimented with re-election. Mr. W. E. Puckett, of near Car torsville, father of our Mr. Thos. B. Puckett, cashier of the Bunk of Ocilla, visited his son Wednesday. Miss Bertha Molnnis, who spent part of the holidays with her sister, Mrs. J. II. Powell, in Ocilla, re¬ turned to her home in Jasper, Fla., Wednesday. There is already a good deal of talk about the election two years hence. Suppose we let that rest for a year or so. It is too early to wrangle about offices. ■J. S. Betts & Co. are preparing to rebuild their saw mill, which was recently burned at Ashburn. The new mill will be built, about two miles front Ashburn. A change went into effect in the schedule of the Georgia Southern shoo-fly train Sunday. The north bound passes Tilton at Did,; the south bound at 11:50.—Tifton Ga zette. k Our friends over at Chula need not bo ftlarmed about the small pox. It never kills unless complicated with some other disease. With or¬ dinary care, those who have it soon recover. Luke & Clements Returned from St. Louis, Mo., with 'a big. lot of horses and mules Tuesday. They were unloaded at Fitzgerald Tues¬ day night. The official census gives Fitzger¬ ald a population of 1,817. The 1537th district, including the city, has a population of 2 515. But, then, census enumerators do not always give the exact population. Hunter. Pearce. & Battey. A. II, ■ • 9 Cotton Factors,. % Manufacturers of Fertilizers. Experienced -I -and ' pert handlers ol both Sea Island and Upland Cotton.MosEV to cotton shippers on satisfactory security. 8-3-7m «/ Mrs. Una Clements and Mr. Yar brotigb, of Irwinville, were Ocilla part of Wednesday. Mrs. Clements came down to see her sis ter, Mrs. Ferraby Henderson, is Still quite sick. The public installation of cers of Ocilla Lodge No. 106, K. of P., which was to have taken place at the Methodist church 3Ion day night, was called off, and the installation was private. Mr. Jas. J. Paulk who lives five miles east of Ocilla,is preparing to have built for himself one of the prettiest and most comfortable cot¬ tages in the county. Contractor J. G. Harper will do the work. It is amusing to see the little shafts someof our contemporaries are hurling at Mr. Bryan and Mr. Cleveland, according to their pol¬ itical beliefs. Brothers, we have much to learn, politically as well as otherwise. Four dollar capes,' now . . . .18.00 Three “ 4 4 4 4 2.00 Two 4 4 k 4 4 4 . . . . 1.50 One 4 4 4 4 4 4 .75 Fifty cent ( i R. B. Allen & Co.’s .40 at Sheriff Fletcher has appointed Mr. L - L. Iln.ll, Mr. J. II. Young and Mr. S.M. Whitehard as his dep¬ uties, Mr. Young in the western, Mr. Hall in the central and Mr, Whitehard in the northern part of the county. They are all good men for the work.. Mr. Lewis Hunter and Miss Bar zilla Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Young, were married at the residenae bf the bride’s parents, about two miles northeast of town, last Wednesday, Elder W. II. llar ! den officiating.' A.fine wedding din ner wps partaken of, and the guests departed, expressing best wishes for the happiness, and piosperity of the j handsome young couple. # ] Nov ’ 1® toe time to subscribe. Dr. J. C. Lnke will soon begin erection of a cottage for him corner of Fousth and Beech streets. He says it will be the prettiest cottage in Ocilla, and means what he says. Contractor Anderson will be the de signer and builder. When threatened by pneumonia or any other lung trouble prompt re¬ lief ia necessary, as it is dangerous to delay. We would suggest that One Minute Cough Curebe taken as soon as indicationsof having cold are no h’ced. It cures quickly and its early use prevents consumption. Ocilla Drug Co. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab¬ lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. GrSve’s signature is on each box. 25c. On February ‘1st the firm of Griner & Little will start on its mercantile career. Mr. Joe H. Little has purchased an interest in Mr. Fisher Griner’s general mer ehandise store. This will be a strong firm, and the Dispatch wishes it much success. At the residence of the bride’s parents, in Atlanta, on Wednesday last, Rev. M, L. Lawson, of Ocilla,' officiating, Miss DeliaSinrraons and Mr. McD. Bruce, of this place, were married. The happy young couple reached home Thursday morning. Mr, Bruce, handsome, genial, warm-hearted’ and full of energy, numbers his friends by the hundreds, and now that he has won a charming bride,' nothing seems lacking to make his life an ideal one. May thei* expectations * ,e fully realized dhd lrfe he for them long and blissful. stops the tjowjfh ami Works off the Laxative Brorno-Quinine Tablets curc a cold in one day. No'cure, no pay. Price 25c. Mr, I). T. Paulk, Jr.,"was ! town Tuesday for the first time since the shelter fell on him. lie still limps from his injuries, but will soon be all right. We regret to learn that his wife’s injuries are - ■more serious. She has been confined J to her bed since the accident, but I was able to sit up in bed Monday for the first time. &MTO ur* subscribers will lose anything by the change of the legal advertising from the Dispatch torhe Fitzgerald Enterprise. We wil1 p ubli8h - cachinonth : a s sis of all the legal advertising cman n » ,f i omtheorainai i ,9 r d sl ; er iff-s offices, except the tax sales, j lung troubles. Prompt action will j j save the little ones from these terri- i ble diseases- We know of nothing so certain to give instant relief as i One Minute Cough Cure. It can al- j so be relied upon in grippe and all ] throat and lung troubles of aduilfe. Pleasant to take. Ocilla Drug Co. Col. Mercer, of the Fitzgerald Enterprise, met with a serious accident week before last by getting his right hand caught between the cylinder and a form of type while the newspaper press was : in motion. While the accident is a very serious one, yet we hope the band will' not be permanently maimed. The annual meeting of the stock¬ holders of the Bank of Ocilla was held in the Bank Wednesday, and the showing made was satisfactory to the stockholders. They declared that the cashier’s statement was highly complimentary to the presi j dent, Mr. J. H. Powell, and to the ; cashier, Mr. 1 . 1>. Puckett, and to show their appreciation, presented j a check for $100.00 to the presi¬ dent, while Capt. Ben Drew pre¬ sented the cashier with a check for # 20 . 00 , Tuesday Capt. Nas Henderson, while looking on where rails were being split on his farm near town, came near being killed by a falling limb. A tree was being out down, and t^lien it be£an to fall he stepped back a few paces. The top of the falling tree struck another tree, and a broken limb about five feet long i and as large as a man’s arm flew ] j back and struck him on the top of ; him blind for j S the head, knocking I ^ ^ ' lie is all right now, but tsca D om death is wonderful. -It Girdles the Globe. ! The fame of Bucklen’s Arnica ■ g a i V0 . as the best in the world, ex j teadground lhe earth . It’s the one perfect healer of cats, corns, buns, | bruises,sores,scalds, boils,ulcers,fel ' ous » nebes, pains and all skin eruj> j lions. Only infallible pile cure. 23d a box at The Ocilla Drug Co. Commercial JOB VRINTINC •A Specialty. NO. 26. SACRIFICE SALE -—FOR—f CClvS OlllV - ~ " -AT— a f a U, 7 .? SHUMAN'S now . ?.l 98 j qq Pants *now. . . . 8 Good Jeans Pants . S’ Better Grade............ 02 Doable Front Blue Overalls 45 $10 00 Men’s Suits, now... G 00 6 00 Men’s Suits, now. ■ .. 3 25 2 25 Boys’ Suits, now . . . 1 65 3 50 Boys’ Suits, now. . . . 2 50 4 00 Genuine Hand Sewed Shoes, now......... 3 25 .1 40 Satin Calf Shoe, now 1 05 1 50 'Grain Creole Shoe, now 1 13 2 25 Woman’s Fine Don gola Button Shoe, now............... 1 50 1 25 Pebble Grain, all Leather Shoe, now. . 95 35c yd wide Black Cash mere, now ..... End $1 00 All Wool, yd wide drape, now......... o iO 20c Near Silk* now....... l—I ^ 6c Best Calico, now....... 54 « 5jc Calico, now.......... 5c 5c Calico, now........... 4|c Best < 'hecks, now......... 5fc Good Checks, now........ 4fc $2 50 Dress Skirts, now. . . 1 65 1 25 Dross Skirts, now. . . 1 20 4 Balls Sterling Potash 3 Balls Cooking Soda..... 26 Pounds Rice.......... 1 00 Nice Line Lamps and Giiiita^ wars at Cost. Aud other articles too numerous to mention, all of 5* will be sold at correspond o This great sacrifice sale will la9t vvjm TWO U W PPIfe EEKS. ■ ::W“ Call early aud get the pick of the bargains. F. B. SHUMAN, •"Y OOIU.A, GA,